FaceTime helping couples keep "in touch"

Among its many other use-cases (see Apple's recent set of commercials), there are a growing number of couples taking advantage of FaceTime to help them stay connected -- and stay intimate -- when they're unable to be together. From overnight business trips to long distance relationships, FaceTime on iPhone 4 provides several advantages over regular telephones and computers when it comes to intimate moments.

First, experts say 80% of communication is really transmitted through body language and expression. All of this is lost over text or spoken conversation. Text only allows for word choice. Voice only allows for intonation. With FaceTime and its wonderful video quality you can actually see changes in expression; a twinkle in the eyes, a blush along the cheek, subtle smile, a bittersweet glance.

Second, iPhone is a lot easier to move around the house (and into the bed!) than a clunky old laptop. You can have your iPhone comfortably docked or propped up beside you if you want to keep your hands free, or grab it and take it under the covers if the mood strikes you.

Gizmodo has posted several tips for the more adventurous among you, should you want to try them out.

So have you -- or would you -- use FaceTime to spice up your love life? Let us know in the comments!

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I would really love to get into FaceTime with my girl, we have a ling distance relationship and she has always dreamed on having an iPhone. I own a 3GS and has worked perfectlly. Hope I can gather money and pay her one. Obviously an iPhone 4 like mine which I'm getting whenever it comes out here in Mexico.
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@Brian
How is this an advertisement? FaceTime is built into the OS.
And the article talks about being intimate with your partner over FaceTime, not making porn. If it wasn't for se x you wouldn't be here so stop being such a prude...

TMZ.com has probably had an office party by now celebrating the advent of FaceTime. I sure wouldn't want to be the first famous person who was unwittingly being recorded.
Would the video recording of a FaceTime session be allowed in a court-of-law? Say for instance a recorded session of one of those new sex-chat services popping up that are promoting FaceTime functionality.
While the tape was running, you'd be 'visiting' with someone else -- when it's on YouTube, you're shown alone... A creepy kind of sex tape ;)

This is so absurd! iPhone4 is not the first device in the world to have this feature. And the fact that you can't use it over 3g just makes the app useless for most of us!
Thanks tipb for such an amazing article

Must say it does read like an ad. If it were a howto (use facetime that is lol) it would be different. But its just an ad for a feature thats already known and for a device that wasn't the first to do it. I think its quite obvious that its better than using a laptop. Almost seems like news has to be drummed up about the iPhone these days.

With a major exam in 3 days, a trip home for some Valentine's TLC is out of the question. While nothing can compare to the sense of touch..I am looking forward to our candlelight Valentine's day Facetime dinner...and some after dinner fun too ;)